Adolphus, Kentucky
Phone: 270-618-6468
Email: wqhorses@hotmail.com
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Adolphus, Kentucky
Phone: 270-618-6468 Email: wqhorses@hotmail.com |
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A Tribute to Bonnie Bennett
TRIBUTE TO BONNIE BENNETT 1937_2001 HORSE WOMEN OF THE SAND HILL'S IN A LITTLE TOWN WAY OUT WEST IN THE SAND HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA THERE LIVED A LADY FOLKS KNEW WELL FROM EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH THEY ALL COME TO KNOW HER SHE WAS A LITTLE WOMEN TUFFER THAN A RAWHIDE TREE. SHE HAD A LOVE FOR HORSES - "THE OLD FOUNDATION BREED" SHE BELIEVED THAT THE QUARTER HORSES OF TODAY, "WELL THEY'RE A DYING BREED" AND KEPT THE BLOODLINES OF HER STUDS FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE! THERE WAS MR. POCO BLACKBURN: A DUN COLOR WAS HE. HE GOES BACK TO PRETTY BOY, BERT AND SUSIE BEE. JUDGE BLACKBURN: ONE OF HIS SONS, A GRAY QUARTER HORSE IS HE, WITH THE TOP SIDE BLACKBURN … HIS BOTTOM SIDE READ WIMPY. CAPTAIN JESSIE BUENO: A TIVIO HORSE YOU SEE THAT HOLDS THE BLOOD OF BUENO AND KING DEEP IN HIS PEDIGREE. SANDY CUE TIVIO: WITH KING, JESSIE JAMES AND HANCOCK JUST A FEW TO SAY THE LEAST THE BROODMARE BAND SHE HAD PLAYED THE BIGGEST ROLE THE FOALS THAT THEY RAISED IN THE SAND HILL DIPS AND KNOLLS. WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM CHEYENNE THE DADDY OF THEM ALL….UP THROUGH NEBRASKA ACROSS THE DAKOTA LINE WE HEADED TOWARD KENNEBEC, THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN AND STOPPED AT THE FEED STORE TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND…. WE ASKED THE GENTLEMAN RUNNING THE PLACE WHERE WE COULD FIND BONNIE BENNETT. HE JUST SNICKERED WITH A GRIN..”GO DOWN HERE, TURN LEFT, THEN TURN RIGHT AGAIN….YOULL SEE HER PLACE JUST A FEW MILES DOWN WHERE ALL THE HORSES ARE RUNNING AROUND! WE PULLED IN THE YARD AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, SHE YELLED "COME ON IN, I CAN'T COME TO THE DOOR". HERE SHE WAS STANDING OVER THE SINK MAKING COKE CHERRY JELLY. SHE WAS IN KNEE DEEP SHE SAID ”GRAB SOMETHING TO DRINK THE ICE BOX IS THERE..SIT DOWN AND VISIT.....I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!” I HELPED HER FINISH HER JELLY THAT DAY WE TALKED AND LAUGHED ALONG THE WAY SHE SHOWED US HER HORSES FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS WE FIXED FENCES, GATE'S AND OH BY THE WAY THE STUD HORSE SANDY TIVIO HAD GOT AWAY WE LOOKED DOWN THE RIVER BUT WE COULDN'T SEE ANY SIGN OF SANDY …WHERE COULD HE BE? JIM TOOK THE STUD HORSE "JIM HANK" TO THE BARN…FAY FLEW WITH THE PILOT TO SPOT FROM THE AIR WHILE BONNIE AND I STAYED WITH THE MARES. I STOOD IN THE BACK OF HER TRUCK AND WATCHED THE BROODMARE BAND AS THEIR HEADS TURN TO SEE SANDY TIVIO COME RUNNING FOR HOME. WE ENDED UP BUYING TWO FILLES ON THAT DAY A BUCKSKIN AND A DUN, THEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY. I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TIME WE SHARED AND HOLD IN MY HEART HER MEMORIES THERE. SOME HOW I CAN SEE HER IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE RIDING FIELDS OF GOLDEN GRASSES WITH THE HORSES THAT SHE LOVED! RACHELLE SLOAN www.barsevenranch.com |
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